Core point: Mr. Zifang, a commentator on China Economic Network, believes that the three-year action of building a quarter hour convenient life circle will be carried out nationwide. How to transform the residents' "needs list" into a "satisfaction list" is a test of the wisdom of local managers. When the community commerce with reasonable layout, complete business types and perfect functions becomes more convenient, standardized, intelligent and high-quality, such a convenient life circle will be the most powerful footnote of "better city life for people".

Urban life requires not only a clean and beautiful living environment, but also convenient and efficient life services. The three-year action plan (2023-2025) for comprehensively promoting the construction of urban quarter hour convenient living circle (hereinafter referred to as "the plan"), which was formulated by 13 departments including the Ministry of Commerce, was recently released. It is proposed in the plan that by 2025, the construction of various types of quarter hour convenient living circles will be promoted in cities above prefecture level where conditions permit.

A quarter of an hour convenient life circle, "circle" has aroused the needs of residents in shopping, medical care, catering, culture and other aspects. In recent years, the Ministry of Commerce has actively promoted the construction of a convenient life circle, jointly with relevant departments, issued guidance and construction guidelines, and identified two batches of 80 pilot areas nationwide to guide and promote the implementation of pilot work. By the end of June 2023, the first two batches of 80 national pilot areas have actively expanded the coverage of convenient living circles, building a total of 2057 convenient living circles and serving 42.01 million community residents.

Behind the figures are the exploration and practice of facilitating people's life circle to continuously weave a livelihood service network and improve residents' happiness index. Demand drives supply, and supply creates demand. Last year, the Outline of the Strategic Plan for Expanding Domestic Demand (2022-2035) was issued, one of which is to create a quarter hour convenient life circle. Promoting the construction of a convenient life circle will help to improve the hierarchical and classified urban commercial pattern and make consumption hot and the economy alive. It can be said that a quarter of an hour's convenient life circle will make the "capillaries" of economic and social microcirculation more unblocked, and will also add more vitality to the "body" of economic development.

Good things should be done consistently. The plan proposes five implementation priorities, including: systematic planning and design, optimization of community business layout; Improve the consumption conditions and enrich the consumption formats of residents; Innovate consumption scenarios and enhance diversified consumption experience; Promote technology empowerment and improve the level of intelligence and convenience; Promote employment and entrepreneurship, and increase the income of community residents. What is impressive is that the plan has precise division and requirements for residents' "doorstep" and residents' "neighborhood". The plan has also made specific deployment, whether it is to develop "one store and one morning", supplement "one dish and one repair", or serve "one old and one young".

These six "Ones" are extracted from the early pilot experience. Brand chain convenience stores (community supermarkets) enter the community, standardize and orderly develop community workshops integrating "minor repairs and minor supplements" such as shoe repair and key distribution, and establish a catering service network for the elderly... The quarter hour convenience life circle is built for the "comfortable" life of the people. This once again shows that the government work must be planned and promoted close to the actual feelings of the people in order to truly achieve the people's expectations and political achievements; Only by adhering to the principle of "asking people for their needs and asking people for their plans" can we find out "what is there and what is missing" in order to study "what to fill and how to fill".

Of course, the specific implementation should also implement the principle of "one policy for each city, one policy for each circle" to reflect personalization, diversification and characteristics. For example, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai actively develop neighborhood centers and smart micro vegetable farms; Another example is that 10 cities, including Beijing and Tianjin, have released "dynamic maps of life service outlets" and used big data to dynamically monitor the supply and demand of community consumption. As the saying goes, each has its own "deficiency" and "complement", and each has its own excellence. Next, the three-year action of building a quarter hour convenient living circle will be carried out nationwide. How to transform the residents' "needs list" into a "satisfaction list" will test the wisdom of local managers.

The "satisfaction list" is more of a "two-way rush". When the community commerce with reasonable layout, complete business types and perfect functions becomes more convenient, standardized, intelligent and high-quality, such a convenient life circle will be the most powerful footnote of "better city life for people". (Mr. Zifang, commentator of China Economic Network)